The Hard Way(Movie, 1991)

Name: The Hard Way
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Released: 1991
Duration: T01:51:00
Rating: 3.1

FSK: 16+ years

| 1h 51min | Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime

Rating: 3.1/5 (with 185 votes)

The Hard Way is a 1991 American buddy cop action comedy film directed by John Badham. It stars Michael J. Fox and James Woods in the leading roles, alongside Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra, Delroy Lindo and LL Cool J. In the film, a popular actor in search of credibility (Fox) uses his clout to become the partner of a streetwise cop with relationship problems (Woods), amidst the exactions of an elusive serial killer, "The Party Crasher" (Lang), who has vowed to clean up the streets of New York by executing various disenfranchised people in public. The film was released by Universal Pictures on March 8, 1991. It received positive reviews from critics and was generally a commercial success. ()

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Amazon Instant Video

Available languages: German
Duration: 1h 50min

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Duration: 1h 51min

Google Play Movies

VIDEOBUSTER.de

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Also available at Amazon.de on: Blu-ray

About The Hard Way

Seeking to raise his credibility as an actor and to land a role as a tough cop on a new show, Hollywood action star Nick Lang works a deal with New York City Police Capt. Brix, who by chance is one of his fans. Nick will be paired with detective Lt. John Moss and learn how to act like a real cop. But when Nick drives John crazy with questions and imitating him, he gets in the way of John's pursuit of a serial killer.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New York City (NYC)

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Made by: Universal Pictures, The Badham-Cohen Group

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 23 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 06/27/1991 (World premiere: 03/08/1991)

Cast: Michael J. Fox, James Woods, Stephen Lang, Annabella Sciorra, John Capodice, Luis Guzmán, LL Cool J, Delroy Lindo, Penny Marshall, Christina Ricci, Curtis L. McClarin, Lewis Black, Conrad Roberts, Kathy Najimy, Bill Cobbs, Michael Badalucco, Charles Scorsese, George Cheung, Mary Mara

Director: John Badham

Producer: Rob Cohen

Screenwriter: Daniel Pyne, Lem Dobbs

Film Editor: Frank Morriss

Director of Photography: Donald McAlpine, Robert Primes

Composer: Arthur B. Rubinstein

Performer: Arthur Rubinstein

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Duro de Aguantar"

Keywords: dual identity, detective, manhattan, new york city, buddy cop, movie star, role reversal, undercover agent, police, identity

Budget: 24,000,000 USD

Revenue: 65,595,485 USD (= 273%)

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The Hard Way(Movie, 1991)

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